Guild Wars 2

Apparently, if Gnashblade wins the seat in the Council, then the Fall of Abaddon would be the new Fractal in development …

Lore-wise, I’m kind of baffled. I mean, Gnashblade is a Charr— most, if not all, charr general view gods as something they must challenge, and prove them as false entities; instead of worship.

What do you think might be Gnashblade’s interest in the Fall of Abaddon anyway? I suppose marketing-wise, he senses that the general populace, regardless of race, has some sort of interest in the human gods. I mean, we as adventurers generally have to cleanse the temples in Orr whenever the need arises, so obviously the human gods are “kind of a big deal”. But what if there was a bigger grander scheme behind this?

Personally, I think Gnashblade wants to prove that all the human gods are just a bunch of phonies. In an extreme end of things, I think Gnashblade wants to learn how Abaddon fell so that he can utilize that knowledge of overthrowing the remaining human gods. Since the Black Lion Trading Company has many non-charr representatives, there is a possibility that he could utilize non-human technologies to emulate the powers of the gods that overthrew Abaddon and attempt to overthrow the other gods. This might cause some issues with the BLTC’s human employees but if Gnashblade has a selfish side, this could happen. Meaning that Gnashblade could end up being a much heavily developed character than just some charr NPC that puts out various low-chance gamble-boxes in the Gem Store in an attempt to swindle you for your hard-earned gold.

Perhaps it’s a little extreme, but I’m thinking this more in likes of If I was a charr wanting to overthrow the human gods, what would I do? Especially as a charr with certain amounts of wealth. After all, I’m sure he’s probably swimming in all the gold that most people dumped in RNG boxes in hopes of getting something exciting.

What do you think?

Well, we also know that the Titans, which were considered Gods by the Charr back in GW1 were constructs of Abaddon, so it is fully possible that he would want to learn a bit more about him because of that.

I want to note here, the Titans were not constructs of Abaddon. They were naturally occurring if I remember right, but a spirit called The Fury learned how to create them and made hordes of them to work for Abaddon. But, if I remember right, Abaddon himself never created them, that we know of.

^ Ah yes indeed.
They were nonetheless sent/used by Abaddon however which could make a Charr interested in his story.

Belief in Abaddon is a seller’s market right now. Evon Gnashblade is a shrewd businessman.

@OP’s title question"

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

I doubt Evon’s interest in the past isn’t entirely…religious.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/cutthroat/The-Fall-of-Abbadon/page/2#post2427223

My thought coming from this: Evon is Flame.

Evon could be the personal nemesis? If he is flame legion then considering his standing as perhaps the most reputable merchant in Tyria (or something to that effect) he could have had a hand in getting the flame legion and dredge to work together?

Very possible though a dev slipped that it’s a she.

I wouldn’t mind Evon being the personal nemesis. However, if that’s so, then there’ll end up being a huge change in the gemstore’s in-game lore happening – specifically, who leads the BLTP.

In the next release, the challange involves us ransaking the treasure of a crashed Aetherblade ship for either Evon or Kiel. So unless the nemesis isnt linked to the Aetherblade Pirates, it strikes me as unlikely for Evon to be the nemesis.

Interestingly though, from what I could see of the ‘lore dialog’ of the event, Evon’s first mate refers to the Aetherblades as her ‘fromer crewmates’. Evon recruiting from the Aetherblades? What that means though for the long story is anyones guess at this point.

Well, I wouldn’t say that the charr view the human gods as a challenge they have to defeat, as much as they see the gods as powerful beings that supported the humans during the (roughly) first half of their war against one another. They know the gods are powerful, but they don’t feel the need to kneel down in front of, and worship them the way that the humans did.
If anything, Evon taking interest in the human gods just goes to show how the charr think of them as more of a thing to study and not something to reverie. Taking a look at how Abbadon, a former god, fell will just add more information that the charr, and the other races, can see how beings with extensive amounts of power can be defeated.

Addendum: I just thought of a good comparison that could work for Evon’s interest in the fall of a human god. As an atheist, a friend of mine read the Christian bible, and other religious texts for a semi-long period of time. He wasn’t really interested in finding (a) god, as much as he just wanted to learn more about what makes the people that follow certain religions tick. Evon could just be satisfying a curiosity that he could have had for a while now.

@Triggersad: The charr do view the human gods as something to fight and try to kill:

Before the time of the humans, it is said the Charr had no gods, no concept of divine beings with more power than themselves. They knew of Melandru, and even had legends that described how she created the world. But to the Charr, these beings were not to be worshiped or feared–they were to be fought, and if possible, destroyed.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Ecology_of_the_Charr